When I was in college, I used to think of all the food options that were absent from the twin cities, Champaign-Urbana, that snuggled the University of Illinois. Coming from Chicago, it meant a lot. But, I quickly learned that if I looked hard enough, I could usually find something akin to what I was looking for.

As time went on though, more and more of what I was looking for, such as ramen, came out of the woodwork and now has a veritable place in the food scene of Central Illinois.

The one thing that remains to be found, however, is roasted duck (as seen above). There's nothing more beautiful, or perhaps cave(wo)man-esque, than an entire animal roasted to a beautiful caramel brown and hung from a hook. It gives me chills just thinking about it.

Thankfully, little luxuries like roasted duck can be found here in Portland. Fairly easily, too, especially if you know where to go.

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